From: Louis Newstrom (louisnews@comcast.net)
Date: Thu Jun 27 2002 - 19:36:17 MDT
From: "Eugen Leitl" <eugen@leitl.org>
> There are a lot of wholly unrelated distributions (e.g. those following
> power law) which show the same patterns. We typically don't get suspicious
> when we see this, but instead marvel at the beautiful order underlying and
> permeating all things
I agree. But if ALL distributions followed the same patern, we'd be
suspicious. That is not the case, which is why I'm not suspicious.
> Also, you seem to assume that we'd
> be using a coarse fake, and not accurate models (I can run a very detailed
> model of the solar system with a fraction of a resources necessary to
> model a mind accurately).
The solar system is not random. It is governed by laws of physics.
> And robberies are made by people, so I don't see
> how you would need a random or pseudorandom source for that.
I was thinking that if everyone else was simulated, then it would be a
random determination if they decide to rob a bank.
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